MARY1981

I finally received my interview date...any change in your cases?

Hi all. Never thought i would have been writing a topic of this kind. Never thought that i was going to be under such situation. I entered the us and got married to my wife who is a citizen. Marriage purely real, i had no reason to come here except for her. Right now i'm in my first year of conditional green card. And October of next year would be due the renovation.
But the wife wants to go her way now. The reasons, she thinks i don't make anough money while she has to shopping almost every weekend, she wants freedom to meet whoever and do whatever she wants. I tried to talk and look for a solution about it but it looks like she already planted that idea too deeply in her mind. Well i guess if you read it as a third person, it's best to leave her.
This is something that i never thought would happen to me, but i guess that not everybody has a good start.
I can't go back to my home country, i don't have the guts to go and see all my family's faces, my friends, anybody. Specially my parents, they helped me so much for the marriage to be possible.
I wanted to know if its possible to stay here for me. I just want a new start for my life.
If you know anything about this kind of situation please help! Any kind of answer is valuable.

Let's face it, immigration involves endless paperwork and requires a lot of patience. As you dig through piles of documents, it is only necessary to be organize and clutter-free. I would like to share some useful tips as to how I kept my sanity through proper filing and arrangement of important documents.
1. Always keep a file of all the forms you submitted, and the email notifications from NVC and/or USCIS. I print out 3 copies every time and arrange them neatly on separate folders. (One copy for me, one for my husband and a back-up copy). I also created a personal timeline in order to track down our case's progress.
2. Before my visa interview, I neatly arranged my documents using color-coded folders and clear plastic separates. I also placed labels on every folder and printed a cover page for each.
Folder A - Affidavit of Support Packet contains husband's employment certificate, tax records and W2's
Folder B - Proof of Relationship Packet contains billing statements, receipts, email correspondence, money transfers, housing arrangements, contract of lease etc.
Folder C - Wedding photos, proof of travels, family celebrations etc

Plastic Separate 1 - Appointment Letter
Plastic Separate 2 - Ds-230 & I-864 (original and photo copies)
Plastic Separate 3 - NSo Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate, Police Clearance

Please note that in most US Embassies where interviews are held, the applicant and the consul are separated by a glass window with a narrow, 2-inch sloped slot - this is where you slip the documents they request to view. It is advisable to use FLEXIBLE folders instead of hard or spiral binds because they wouldn't fit.
3. If you are married to an expat whose been working outside the States, you also need to produce Proof of Domicile.
[Domicile. Place where a person has his or her principal residence. The person must intend to keep that residence for the foreseeable future. The sponsor of an immigrant must have domicile in the U.S. before the visa can be issued. This generally means that the sponsor must be living in the U.S. In certain circumstances, however one can be considered to have a domicile while temporarily living overseas.]
We requested my husband's company to issue him with an employment certificate explaining the projects he's handling in Asia and the length of his assignment. On top of my husband's Income Tax Forms and W2s, I also included Form 2555 - Foreign Earned Income. All these documents I inserted in the Affidavit of Support Folder.
4. On the day of your interview, it's always better to come in prepared and memorize important details mentioned in your forms. It's ridiculous if you would have to dig thru your documents every time you need to answer simple questions such as:
- Petitioner's full name (emphasis on the middle name)
- Place of residence in the States
- Your petitioner's employment background
- Wedding date, or the day you and your spouse first met
- If you are constantly travelling, dates when you left and arrived in diff. country, and length of stay.
It creates a positive impression if you remember these things by heart.
5. You have to remember that NOT every consul would like to view ALL your documents. In our case, the consul just asked for the wedding photos but she complimented us for coming in "extra-prepared." So yeah, it's a major plus to carry excessive amount of proof, documents and forms - than lacking.
To everyone who's scheduled for an interview, keep smiling and be charming! I hope you find this post useful and best of luck!

i am very exited i just got my case comleted today,,after 2 years of waiting finally ,,wish everyone good luck and all i can say is pray and never loose hope,

Being with my wife is the most important thing, so I'm here for a visa, but since I am Canadian and my country allows dual citizenship, I will get citizenship in the US simply so that, should we ever move out of the US as we are planning, we will never have to go through this horrible process again. I don't want to spend a year missing her, ever, ever again.

This website is not dedicated to those who want to become U.S. citizens.
Its about providing support for those who want to be with the people they love. Citizenship and visas are just ancillary.

dont trsust anyone.since your interview is a week from now i think you should just get your visa and go,,once you are there you will find out on your own,and if she really is cheating than you will divorce her ,and go on with your life.

I can tell you that no developed country in the Western world cares whether someone is a virgin at time of marriage or not. Since your interview will be with an American at the American embassy, they will not care.

Hi everyone,
I finally got an interview date on Feb 24 10am. My question or concern is that I paid my fee and scheduled my interview before receiving the letter or email from the embassy stating the required documents. But it already has a step by step guide on the embassy website which I followed to obtain an interview date online. So my concern is this, how can I know when to get my medical done? By which doctor? Please help. I hope I am doing it right. I just couldn't sit and wait for them to move their butts to send me an email. We all know how long it can take for them. Please let me know. And yes I know about the link to follow steps from the embassy. So please do not send me a link. I just need to know which doctors and when for specific US embassy in Armenia. Thanks in advance.